# Connecting Statement:

Job is continuing his description of his friends being as unreliable as streams that dry up. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# The caravans that travel by their way turn aside for water

"The caravans turn aside from the routes to find water" or "The caravans change course looking for water"

# The caravans

A caravan is a large group of travelers riding camels across the desert.

# barren land

"wasteland" or "empty land"